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Dates Slain I 472 Race Men Division Men of Darkness Culture An Easterling who followed the people of Caranthir Pronunciation u'lwarth Meaning Uncertain1 Indexes: Alphabetical: U Men About this entry: Updated 6 October 2011 Updates planned: 1 The treacherous son of Ulfang Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Ulfang Ulfast Ulwarth Uldor Ulfang's son, who went with the Sons of Fëanor to the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. He was faithless, and turned against his allies in the heat of the battle, granting Morgoth the victory. Notes 1 Ulwarth's name seems to come from an Easterling dialect, and is not therefore directly translatable. However, his father Ulfang's name can be interpreted ulf fang, 'wolf fang', and so following that scheme Ulwarth's initial ul- may derive from the 'wolf' of his father's name. Assuming that is correct (which is far from certain), warth is still difficult to interpret; it possibily comes from a word like weorÞ, which could broadly be understood as 'lord' or 'leader' in this context. The Etymologies (in volume V of The History of Middle-earth suggest an alternative interpretation, whereby Ulwarth is an Elvish name translatable as 'hideous betrayer' (and must therefore have been given to him by the Elves after the Nirnaeth). However in The Lhammas (in the same volume) the name is explicitly said to come from a lost language. Clearly one of these conceptions must have superseded the other, but it's uncertain which was intended as the final version. See also... Borlach, Borlad, Borthand, The Accursed, Ulfast Indexes: Alphabetical: U Men About this entry: Updated 6 October 2011 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1999, 2001, 2011. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Axiom Discovery aptitude and skill testing.Personality is one part of understanding a candidate's suitability for a role, but aptitude can also be crucial.

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Dates Slain I 472 Race Men Division Men of Darkness Culture An Easterling who followed the people of Caranthir Pronunciation u'lwarth Meaning Uncertain1 Indexes: Alphabetical: U Men About this entry: Updated 6 October 2011 Updates planned: 1 The treacherous son of Ulfang

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Ulfang

Ulfast Ulwarth Uldor Ulfang's son, who went with the Sons of Fëanor to the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. He was faithless, and turned against his allies in the heat of the battle, granting Morgoth the victory. Notes 1 Ulwarth's name seems to come from an Easterling dialect, and is not therefore directly translatable. However, his father Ulfang's name can be interpreted ulf fang, 'wolf fang', and so following that scheme Ulwarth's initial ul- may derive from the 'wolf' of his father's name. Assuming that is correct (which is far from certain), warth is still difficult to interpret; it possibily comes from a word like weorÞ, which could broadly be understood as 'lord' or 'leader' in this context. The Etymologies (in volume V of The History of Middle-earth suggest an alternative interpretation, whereby Ulwarth is an Elvish name translatable as 'hideous betrayer' (and must therefore have been given to him by the Elves after the Nirnaeth). However in The Lhammas (in the same volume) the name is explicitly said to come from a lost language. Clearly one of these conceptions must have superseded the other, but it's uncertain which was intended as the final version. See also... Borlach, Borlad, Borthand, The Accursed, Ulfast Indexes: Alphabetical: U Men About this entry: Updated 6 October 2011 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1999, 2001, 2011. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Axiom Discovery aptitude and skill testing.Personality is one part of understanding a candidate's suitability for a role, but aptitude can also be crucial.